With this step you have set the x-axis.Īfter you have set the nodal point you need two parallel lines. So if you mount a new lens and it doesn’t matter if it has the same focal length or not, you have to set the nodal point again, because of another construction of the lens and the same goes for another camera. You need to do this step for every lens extra. The L bracket of the panorama head must be shifted until the focus point of the camera lies directly on top of each other on the cross marking of the head. At Nikon cameras you do this by pressing the OK button, then the focus field will center itself in the middle of the frame and for more comfort you should do this in the live view mode. You center this cross with help of the auto focus field which should be in the center of the viewfinder. On the Novoflex head, is the nodal point marked as a cross. This is the easy part, because every nodal point adapter has it’s own nodal point marked at the direct center on itself. This part is the most important for a successful stitching in the panorama software, but this will take some time and patience. The whole setup: leveling head is mounted on the tripod and on this the panorama head, so you can start the action. A panorama head alone cannot be adjusted for a straight horizontal line, you could adjust the horizon with a different lengths of the tripod legs, but I think everyone can imagine that would be more than annoying. This kind of head allows to set the correct horizon. What also is absolutely advisable is a leveling base or head. But we want to concentrate on normal panoramas. The name says it already: you can also create 360 degrees panoramas, spherical panoramas, for virtual reality applications for example.
PANORAMA STITCHER ADJUST FOR PARALLAX PRO
In my case I decided me for a multiple row nodal point adapter, of the German manufacturer Novoflex, the VR-System PRO II. The panorama head can be a normal panorama head, which allows one row panoramas or a head for multiple rows. The tripod should be capable to carry some kilograms, because a high quality panorama head brings some weight. And you have to rotate the camera, for every new shot. To work comfortable and to avoid any kind of shaking, you should release the shutter with a remote controller, because the whole construction is susceptible for vibrations. No adjusted nodal point: the space have changed after the camera was turned to the left, on a normal ballhead. Parallel lines in the center of the frame. The nodal point adapter is there to avoid these errors and some of them allow also to create multiple rows and then you are able to enter the field of gigapixel photography. If you just use your normal tripod head, no matter if it is a ballhead, a three way or a two way head, you are able to shoot panoramas, but if you have a close foreground, for example rocks on a beach, in your frame, you will get parallax errors (incorrect overlapping areas), because it’s not enough to pan your camera horizontally. For this guide I will presume a panorama head, a so called nodal point adapter.
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